[Dixielandjazz] Two British Jazzmen pass - Snipped from the Daily Telegraph - London. From Brian Harvey

[Brian Harvey]

 Tommy Watt
(Filed: 29/05/2006)

Tommy Watt, who died on May 20 aged 80, was a leading pianist, composer and
arranger in the British jazz and commercial music world.

His broad musical range enabled him on the one hand, to create and lead the
jazz orchestra attached to Centre 42, Arnold Wesker's ambitious
arts-for-the-people project, while on the other, he wrote the music for many
Brian Rix stage and film farces, such as The Night We Dropped A Clanger
(1959).

Although held in high esteem by the country's top jazz musicians, Watt
failed to attract a following among the wider jazz public. Nevertheless, CD
versions of his witty, jazz-inflected light music are still available.
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Jack Fallon (Bassist)
(Filed: 26/05/2006)

Jack Fallon, who died on Monday aged 90, played a prominent role in British
jazz and popular music, as both musician and agent.

He was among the early pioneers of modern jazz, but equally at home in many
styles, including light orchestral and country-and-western music. He is
perhaps unique in having played with both Duke Ellington and the Beatles.
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To read more follow this link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/index.jhtml
and click on the Obituaries heading in the top left hand column.

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